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Originally Posted by peter12
Look at what is going to happen now. Turkey and the EU, two key trade allies to Israel, are backing off BIG TIME. The USA's relationship has become so soured that Netanyahu cancelled his meeting with Obama in the wake of this tragedy.
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While true, I doubt it will last long. Turkey benefits way too much from a stable relationship with Israel.
Right now they have no choice but to back off. Even Canada would distance themselves from the US if something like this happened between us.
But with time, when the investigation is complete, I have no doubt Turkey will once again rectify their relationship with Israel.
If a ship flying a Canadian flag were blow apart by the Brits, our government would have to publicly distance ourselves from the Brits. But that doesn't mean our relationship is ruined forever.
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As a supporter of Israel, I have to call them to a higher standard. They are putting their own existence at risk while the real enemies here, Islamic radicals and their Western relativist allies, gain victories by barely raising a finger.
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Pretty much.
For the record I agreed with your earlier points about being suckered into what was basically a publicity stunt to turn the world against Israel.
Truth is Israel could have made a fool of those ships. Just block them. You got bigger boats, so just block them out. The whole world will see exactly what is going on when the ships try ramming into those blocking them to get around the blockade.
While the boarding was routine, Israel could have used other methods to fix this.
The sad part is that ships get boarded all the time. Every single country in the world protects their boundaries by boarding ships they deem to be there unlawfully. The US Coast Guard does this numerous times each day.
And this single incident came to this conclusion. And there were 5 other ships boarded the same way yesterday. None of them turned out violent.